diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bc9df6564a603a598e6f855c0554f74d8cf44367_Y29uZmlndXJlLmFj..f2c7264e23fb685f93e68bedf871785210ee812f_Y29uZmlndXJlLmFj 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -520,8 +520,6 @@
 RELDATE=`date +'%a %b %e %Y'`
 AC_SUBST(RELDATE)
 
-rm -f COPYING.LIB COPYING 2>/dev/null && $LN_S $srcdir/Copyright COPYING
-
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile